the old days

[youngbuck30230]

last saturday i spent some time with some of the elders of the town and listened to them tell about the old days i enjoy this a lot because i think we can learn a lot by listening to those who have been around and seen so many things and as i listened to the talk about days without cellphones and alarms and people being in such a rush constantly running around with like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off i developed a feeling of sadness cause those days seem long gone they told of days where you could leave your doors unlocked all night and your windows up in the summer without fear of someone coming in to rob or kill you back when a mans handshake was all you needed to make a deal things were so much better back then people went to church on sunday and worked hard all week long but still made time for family and friends and i just cant help but wonder where did the world go so wrong!!! seems like we would all be better off if we could reverse things and go back to those times you know the best thing that i could probably tell some of the youngins on here like me is rake the time to sit and listen to the elders around you you will learn a lot cause when they are gone their is no getting it back just felt like sharing that and thanks for listening yall

yb

[buckee]

Yes, all of us old timers miss the old days for so many different reasons.

Another big thing that has changed over the years is fights at school. We used to settle our difference with a fist fight and shake hands later many times. Now adays they just shoot or stab each other. It is overwhelmingly sad.

[HardWayMike]

What's really sad about the fighting is that for some reason the teachers these days think that a little fist fight is something so

horibly bad that they kick kids out of school for it and then take away all the stuff that teaches them the real morals of life like who we have to be thankful to, not to mention the pledge of allegience. Their is actually kids that do not participate during the pledge of allegience because of their parents religious beliefs. What exactly does the pledge of allegience have to do with religion? It is about honoring one's country, and in my opinion if you don't like this country or the things we can and can not do here then the plane, boat or whatever other mode of transportation that brought you here will go back to where ever it is that you came from and you can just as easily go there and not like us without us having to hear you do it! sorry for ranting its just my very honest opinion!

[SchuLace]

I love the stories my grandpa and some of the older people I know tell. They are from a simpler time when you busted your tail working and didn't complain. My grandpa always has some pretty good stories about growing up.

Last year for my SD History class we had to interview someone who was alive during the depression and I interviewed my grandpa. It was really neat and glad we had to to the project.

[brad dryden]

Their are alot of things I miss when I was younger and im 23. Friends,family and such.

[Flintlock1776]

Did the same with my neighbor's dad. He had what may have been the last farm in North Fulton County right along the Chattahoochee. His story was captured in the book River Song: A journey down the Chattachoochee and Apalachicola by Joe and Monica Cook.

Unfortunately taxes grew to the point the farm had to be sold. It is right down from Shake Rag Elementary School. No farm, just McMansions now.

Heck, it is not even Shake Rag anymore; they re-named the area John's Creek.

Oh well, I have the memories. I recall being out on his farm at night when the Hale Bop comet went past. I got some great photos of it in time lapse with my old 35mm film camera!

[GWSmith]

Yes, all of us old timers miss the old days for so many different reasons.

..and we are amazed at the way the younger generation treat alot of what we held in trust for them too!

We understand that change is going to happen everywhere...just remember that what you once liked about something, or somewhere, is going to change too then you'll understand why we feel the way we do.

Just because the rest of your world is like a certain way does not mean everywhere has to be like that.

There's a reason we left things to you in the shape we did...take a look at what it's become now and ask yourself if that is close to what you got from us and if what has happened is any better...then do something about it!

[Prairiepredator]

There are a lot of days I wish I could be living in my grandparents or parents generations, times seemed so much simpler back then.

[SchuLace]

There are a lot of days I wish I could be living in my grandparents or parents generations, times seemed so much simpler back then.

You aren't the only one.

[stevebeilgard]

as a grandpa, i can assure you that i'm happy to be old, considering todays world and problems.

[hunterbobb]

I am a bit of a amatuear social anthropoligist. This is a topic I have thought long and hard over and I have a theory about when things changed. I am fairly certain it was 1968. That was the year that the country lost faith in many of it's earlier held beliefs.

It was the year of the TET offensive and the realization that the war in Vietnam could not be won. It was the year of the assination of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King. These lead to race riots on a scale never before seen in this country. While I don't agree with the politics of either man you can't deny the impact their death had on this country. It was the year of the Chicago riots at the Democratic National Convention. It was the year the phrase "never trust anyone over thirty" was coined. That statement more than anything has been the rally cry for our slow march into the touchy feely politicaly correct society we now find our selves in.

After all how can a society that does not respect their elders ever hope to learn from them.

Edited March 29, 2010 by hunterbobb

[GWSmith]

After all how can a society that does not respect their elders ever hope to learn from them.

You've Spoken Volumes with one sentence!

We really do want the best for the younger generation...but when they are not listening they hear nothing and dont understand the reasons behind our efforts.